Manhattan Project by Alex Wellerstein

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The Manhattan Project and the Development of Nuclear Astrophysics by Wiescher Michael

“…This paper will provide a historical analysis of the impact of the US Manhattan Project from 1942 to 1945 and the subsequent nuclear test program 1945-1970 towards the development of the field of Nuclear Astrophysics and the interpretation of nuclear reaction processes in stars and explosive stellar environments.…”
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Cooling the atmosphere by Philipp Wiescher, Michael Wiescher

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A study of the necessary and optimal conditions for success in the most challenging human endeavors : modem day Manhattan Projects are needed for overcoming contemporary global challenges by Chowdhury, Anando A

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Sharing Land in the Nuclear Age or How to Coexist with the Atom in New Mexico by Lucie Genay

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Nuclear astrophysicists at war by Michael Wiescher, Karlheinz Langanke

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LOS ALAMOS / by Kanon, Joseph, author 428140

“…In the closing weeks of the war in Europe a security guard on the Manhattan Project is murdered near the Hill. Michael Connolly is sent to Los Alamos from Washington to make sure his death really is the result of a casual homosexual encounter and not connected with espionage. …”

Madame Wu Chien-Shiung : the first lady of physics research / by Tsai-Chien, Chiang, Wong, Tang-Fong Frank, 1944-, translator

Unearthing the Chicago Piles: A Monte Carlo perspective by Zoia Andrea, Mancusi Davide

“…Technological data for the models have been retrieved from published and unpublished documents of the Manhattan Project. We compare the simulation results to the available experimental measurements, encompassing the reactivity of the piles, the control rod worth, the kinetics parameters and several reactivity coefficients. …”
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Plutonium Worlds. Fast Breeders, Systems Analysis and Computer Simulation in the Age of Hypotheticality by Sebastian Vehlken

“…Promoted as a kind of perpetuum mobile of the Atomic Age, the "German Manhattan Project" not only imported big science thinking. …”
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Organizing for innovation : an examination of collaborative teams in industrial design by Reichert-Facilides, Christopher, 1964-

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Owning our energy future: patents, crisis innovation, and the war on climate change by Ring, C

“…In parallel, climate change has reignited interest in ‘mission-oriented’ industrial policies associated with the Manhattan Project. These twin lines of enquiry have sparked a confrontation between dirigisme and the market logics underpinning the patent system. …”

Effects of slopes, rainfall intensity and grass cover on runoff loss of mercury from floodplain soil in Oak Ridge TN: A laboratory pilot study by Jiangxia Li, Linchun Wu, Liangmei Chen, Jun Zhang, Zihan Shi, He Ling, Cheng Cheng, Hongsheng Wu, Afrachanna D. Butler, Qinku Zhang, Zikri Arslan, Eric M. Pierce, Yi Su, Fengxiang X. Han

“…A large amount of elemental mercury was used in the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge, TN and Hg is still present in the water-shed surrounding the Y-12 facility and East Fork Poplar Creek. …”
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Moon, Mars and Minds: Evaluating Parkinson’s disease mortality among U.S. radiation workers and veterans in the million person study of low-dose effects by Lawrence T. Dauer, Linda Walsh, Michael T. Mumma, Sarah S. Cohen, Ashley P. Golden, Sara C. Howard, Grace E. Roemer, John D. Boice, Jr

“…Systematic and consistent methods are applied to study all categories of workers including medical radiation workers, industrial radiographers, nuclear power plant workers, atomic veterans, and Manhattan Projects workers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and at Rocky Flats. …”
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